Silly B5 Quote Conversation

[luvB5]

"They called it the Bonehead Maneuver -- (to Lennier) No offense."

"Fine. Done. Let's eat."

[AstroBoy]

"Fine. Done. Let's eat."

"Well, everything you eat doesn't have to be dead for 5 days."

[thegavel]

"Well, everything you eat doesn't have to be dead for 5 days."

"I know, I know. It's a Russian thing. When we're about to do something stupid, we like to catalog the full extent of our stupidity for future reference."

[Jan]

"I know, I know. It's a Russian thing. When we're about to do something stupid, we like to catalog the full extent of our stupidity for future reference."

"Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you're going to do something massively unwise?"

(I know I've used that one a couple of times but I just love it.)

[Winged Heron]

"Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you're going to do something massively unwise?"

I promoted him. Now, now he is ready to be the ambassador for the Centauri.

[glindros]

I promoted him. Now, now he is ready to be the ambassador for the Centauri.

Maybe. Maybe not, hell, anything happens to me, everyone gets an instant promotion.

[AstroBoy]

Maybe. Maybe not, hell, anything happens to me, everyone gets an instant promotion.

"Everyone? It must be a very large room!"

[glindros]

"Everyone? It must be a very large room!"

Big concerns grow from small concerns. You plant them, water them with tears, fertilize them with unconcern. If you ignore them, they grow.

[Jan]

Big concerns grow from small concerns. You plant them, water them with tears, fertilize them with unconcern. If you ignore them, they grow.

"This is the point I was trying to make earlier. All right, you have some concerns, but there are ways of saying things so they won't cause problems back home."

[glindros]

"This is the point I was trying to make earlier. All right, you have some concerns, but there are ways of saying things so they won't cause problems back home."

Should we just pull back, forget the whole thing as a bad idea and take care of our own problems at home?

[Jan]

Should we just pull back, forget the whole thing as a bad idea and take care of our own problems at home?

"Negative. There hasn't been an engagement in hyperspace yet that didn't turn into a disaster for both sides; it's too volatile. He has to come out sooner or later. "

[AstroBoy]

"Negative. There hasn't been an engagement in hyperspace yet that didn't turn into a disaster for both sides; it's too volatile. He has to come out sooner or later. "

"It also doubles as a marriage ceremony. Depending on how seriously anyone took it, somebody got married the other day."

[luvB5]

"It also doubles as a marriage ceremony. Depending on how seriously anyone took it, somebody got married the other day."

"Just for the record, gentlemen. You are now exactly five seconds away from a court marshall, so make the best of them."

[glindros]

"Just for the record, gentlemen. You are now exactly five seconds away from a court marshall, so make the best of them."

...I was thinking women, drinking and debauchery.

[AstroBoy]

...I was thinking women, drinking and debauchery.

"Gentlemen, of all things in life, are females not the finest?"